Sharp County record., 1887-03-24

munion altar, or, if We sa, w,
pulled al mothers dress and
What does that mean! W..
cup! What is that on the nl..
On. yes; we remember tbos"
al days Of our boyhooi w
how much more tender fathsS.
than any other day. We rs,,' Va
mother stood, and, without s,r'
looked at US, and her eve, y.
tears. o., the dear old soul,
gone! But until the day of NM
will associate This orjinaBc, ~.
memory. And when our work '"
done we will just 90 up and 81
side them in the heavenly cbr..
used to sit beside them in e..
church. and then we will drinE
in our Fathers kingdom.
Behold the Sa!nts, beloved of p
Washed are their robes in Jesr,,
Brighter than angels, 10. they s5f,l
Their glories splendid and subgr
Iremark again: This scene i, ;.
dav because it is g confessional \
| remember the time when. if . ..
charged Us with any thing like :
ton or wrong-d0ing, We wor?
thrown ourselves back on our h.,
said:
You don't know who You Ar.
to. l Ishall resent such an iDss,
honor and integrity"
We DO not feel that way t5dsv
gaze upon the sacrifice Of CI+
think OF what we have been and
have done, our hearts melt With,
see one dying accur5el for or
We hear him in his dying words
for cur service, aud We. how littls
we have rendered. OF this sbor,
have begrudg3i God even a T,
Alas! Alas' Some Of Us have +
the most Of our days, and yet +
rendered TO God no earnest seryic
that we could have so maltreate,
whom all our hopes depend.
Oh. nv brethren aud sisters il
to-day Join hands with me in a CO
before Christ. II there be any pl
humble than another, let Us tai
there be any prayer more imp
than another, let US breathe it
be any confession more bitter
other. let US now weep it out:
Well might the sun IN darkness
And shut his glories in.
When Christ the mighty maker
For man, the creatures sin.
Once more: This Is a tender
sOrbing scene because it is ant
Ny brethren. we are not always
STAY here. This is not our home
only the yestibule Of the church
at last, VIC expect to ca
ter a while our namt
be taken of the church books
will be a mark in the margin I
that we have gone to a better ch
a higher communion. Our Fatl
going to let his children rema
dust. The grave is no place for
in. The trumpet shall sound
dead shall rise" The Lord shal
from Heaven with "a shout and
Of the archaugel, and we shall r
white robs in which they put
last slum6er here must get whl
the reunion Of patriarchs, and
and prophets, and Of all our
kindred, and Of that gre
tude that no man can
Our sorrOws over. Gu
ney ended. Il will be as when <
quet. And, just as the snow
melts and the fields will bright
| glorious springtime, SO it will b
these cold sorrows Of earth; the
melted away at last before the v
shine Of Heaven.
Wnlle present cbcse thou
morning does it not seem tina
comes very near to US. as th
friends, whom we th0uht a g
of. are not in the distance, but
, You have sometimes come d
river at nightfall, and y
been SURPRISED how easily
near voices across the river
| ed over to the other side Of the
| they shouted back. II IS said
| George Whitefe.d preached
street, Philadelphia, one evenin
| voice was heard clear across L
| Jersey shore. When | was a
chaplain in the army, | remem'
/ eyeutide we could easily hear
Of the pickets across the PotC
when they were using Oriini
And as we come to-day and ST
! river Of jordan, that divides u
friends who are gone, it seem
stand on one bank and they st
other. and it is only a narrow s.
our voices 90 and their vol
Harkl Hush! l hear distln
they say:
These are they who come out Of 2
tion. and had their robes washed
white in the blood Of the Lamb.
Still the voice comes across I
| and ! hear:
"We hunger no more, we thir
neither shall the sun light on U
heat, for the Lamb, which is in
Of the throne, lead 5 US to living
Of water, and God wipeth ava
from our eyes
WHAT is "BECOM
A Sensible Word of Advice TO Y
Suitable Dress,